The Promises of God Anchor Our Faith
This Golden Nugget will focus in on the scriptures in the Bible that relate to the Promises of God! In some instances they will apply to us as believers directly; in other cases they attest to God's Faithfulness; that He always fulfills His promises. We need to know the promises of God that we have solid anchors to base our faith upon! They should greatly convict us of God's loyalty to His Word! This scripture collection will be added to and updated as regularly as possible.
Color Coding Your Bible Can Be Helpful
Here is a little "help" I want to share with you. Color coding your Bible is an effective way to keep these scriptures more thoroughly etched into your mind. I highlight scriptures relating to God's promises with a peach colored marking pencil. This is a memory device for me. The peach color reminds me that just as we must wait for fruit such as a peaches to mature; so we must in faith wait for God to fulfill His promises. You might decide on a different color; but if you will color code your Bible you will find it a very effective way to travel through your Bible and find these scriptures! If a scripture has a double application; such as you have already highlighted a passage with blue relating to faith; simply make a little square box to the side of that scripture and highlight it with the peach color. You might want to write a litte "P" ( as an abreviation for "promise") within the little square as well. Then you can quickly see a passage relating to a Promise of God; as well as Faith!
SCRIPTURES ON THE PROMISES OF GOD
" And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,And I, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember My covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth."(Genesis 9:8-17)
COMMENT: Every time we see a rainbow we see a witness in God's Creation of the Eternal's faithfulness to His Promises!
"IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." (Genesis 18:14)
"And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as He had spoken.For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."(Genesis 21:1-2)
" And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed(This is a prophecy of Jesus Christ) shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice." (Genesis 22:15-18)
"And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee." (Exodus 15:26)
"For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year." (Exodus 34:24)
COMMENT: There are many of us reading this who observe the Feast Days. We have a PROMISE here that God will protect our property when we leave our homes to keep the Feast Of Tabernacles! Be sure to claim this promise and ask God to protect your property, homes and animals while you are away to observe the Feasts!
" This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."(Joshua 1:8)
" And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which He sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that He sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. There FAILED NOT ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass."( Joshua 21:43-45)
COMMENT: God's Word Never Fails ! !
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the LAW OF THE LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper". (Psalms 1:1-3)
" Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head." (Psalms 3:2-3)
" I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." (Psalms 4:8)
" For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt Thou compass him as with a shield." (Psalms 5:12)
"Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will He teach sinners in the way.The meek will He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach His way. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies." (Psalms 25:8-10)
"Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah." (Psalms 32:7)
"Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about." ( Psalms 32:10)
"The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide." (Psalms 37:31)
" Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God." (Psalms 84:5-7)
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." (Psalms 107:6-9)
" Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy Word." (Psalms 119:9)
Many of you that are in your youth, should be encouraged that God promises to cleanse your life through the study and application of His Word!
"Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee." (Daniel 6:16)
"Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God." (Daniel 6:19=23)
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore." (Psalms 121:1-8)
COMMENT: This is a wonderful promise of PROTECTION!
"THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THY GOING OUT AND THY COMING IN from this time forth, and even for evermore." (Psalms 121:8)
COMMENT: Notice that this specific promise in verse eight is for us when we TRAVEL!
" Seek ye out of the BOOK of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for My mouth it hath commanded, and His spirit it hath gathered them." (Isaiah 34:16)
" Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:28-31)
" So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."(Isaiah 55:11)
" Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee." ( Daniel 6:16)
COMMENT: God surely inspired King Darius to pronounce this promise! If you serve God continually — in truth — according to His Word — He shall deliver you from or help you with your problems as well!
"Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH : and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince." (Daniel 10:21-22)
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."(Matthew 6:6)
" Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" (Matthew 6:30 )
" But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matthew 24:13)
" And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." (Matthew 24:14)
" Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." (Matthew 28:19-20
" And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me. Then opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures."(Luke 24:44-45)
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)
"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."(John 8:31-32)
" But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name." (John 20:31)
" And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.And they spake unto him the WORD OF THE LORD , and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway."(Acts 16:30-33)
COMMENT: Notice they gave the Philippian jailer what was SOLID, SCRIPTURE, to establish his faith upon!
" And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to BUILD YOU UP , and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified."(Acts 20:32)
" And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me. " ( Acts 26:15-20)
COMMENT: Paul's ministry to the Gentiles was promised by Jesus Christ! How mightly this promise was fulfilled.
"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the HOLY SCRIPTURES,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;" (Romans 1:1-3)
" Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement." (Romans 5:9-11)
" He (Abraham) staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God And being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; "(Romans 4:20-14)
"But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."
(Romans 8:11)
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)
"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is He that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Roman 8:33-39)
COMMENT: If there is a more encouraging passage in God's Word, I do not not know what it would be. If you are depressed and overwhelmed; or if you know one who is in this downcast spirit, this is a wonderful scripture to consider!
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17)
"And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen." (Romans 16:20)
" There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
(1 Corinthians 10:13)
" For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." (2 Corinthians 1:20)
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7)
" And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." (Galatians 6:9-10)
" Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us," (Ephesians 3:20)
" Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform (complete)it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Philippians 1:6)
" Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. "
(Philippians 4:6-7)
" I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:19- NASB)
" But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:19)
" And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." ( 2 Timothy 3:15)
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God (Original Greek = 'God Breathed'), and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."(2 Timothy 3:16-17)
COMMENT: WE are promised here that all of God's Word WILL BE and IS profitable!
"Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing." (2 Timothy 4:8)
" Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." (2 Timothy 4:17-18)
" For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And HAVE TASTED THE GOOD WORD OF GOD, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."(Hebrews 6:4-6)
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." (Hebrew 13:8)
" If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord." (James 1:5-7)
" Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)
" Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." (James 4:8)
" Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."(James 5:14-16)
"He that OVERCOMETH, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess His name before my Father, and before His angels." (Revelation 3:5)
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."(Revelation 3:10)
Him that OVERCOMETH will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." (Revelation 3:12)
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." (Revelation 3:19)
"To him that OVERCOMETH will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne." (Revelation 3:21)
"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.And if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."(Revelation 22:18-19)
(To Be Continued!)
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